The War: Will to Win

For a month,
the North Vietnamese have tried at all costs to seize the valley of
Dak To, a natural tunnel from the Ho Chi Minh Trail into the Central
Highlands. The U.S. has been just as determined to hold onto Dak To at
whatever price. That head-on clash of wills resulted last week in some
of the war's most savage fighting, on Hill 875, overlooking Dak To.
After a five-day battle, U.S. troops finally took possession of the
summitand discovered why the Communists had fought so long and hard
to defend...